European Vets that have issued EU Pet Passports to Brits since Brexit

[Monsoon]

Another very happy user of Lieve de Rycke here. Just returned and found whole process very easy. Also used the Abbeywell Vet's service to get the AHC needed to enter France on way to Bruges. Cost of AHC plus Rabies booster, Passport and Tapeworm treatment for return to UK was less than our vet charged last year for an AHC.

 

[Conniedriving]

Anyone know if the vets near the Benidorm Palace can do one ?

Yes got Bertie his last year 30euro

Anyone know if the vets near the Benidorm Palace can do one ?

yes got Bertie his last year

 

[MGSMerc.]

Check out the list on the map - the link is in my signature

Hi ceejayt
This is the response from the vets in Ypres, number 20 on the map, received yesterday. Violation of the Belgian Law is news to me.

Dear,

Thank you for contacting us.
Unfortunately we cannot issue Pet passports for non-residents of Belgium, as this is a violation against the law.
However, we can fill in the necessary AHC, administer the deworming treatment and give her the Rabies vaccine.

The cost for the consultation (AHC documents) would be around 39.80 euros.
The deworming tablet will be around 8.50 euros.
The Rabies vaccine comes at 17.50 euros.

If you want to book an appointment, please let us know.

Kind regards,

Valérie Deproost
Dierenartsassistente

 

[Googlebot]

Hi ceejayt
This is the response from the vets in Ypres, number 20 on the map, received yesterday. Violation of the Belgian Law is news to me.

Dear,

Thank you for contacting us.
Unfortunately we cannot issue Pet passports for non-residents of Belgium, as this is a violation against the law.
However, we can fill in the necessary AHC, administer the deworming treatment and give her the Rabies vaccine.

The cost for the consultation (AHC documents) would be around 39.80 euros.
The deworming tablet will be around 8.50 euros.
The Rabies vaccine comes at 17.50 euros.

If you want to book an appointment, please let us know.

Kind regards,

Valérie Deproost
Dierenartsassistente

If it helps, a UK vet told me we needed a blood test in January to travel abroad when I asked for the rabies vaccine. They don’t always know what they are talking about.

 

[ceejayt]

Hi ceejayt
This is the response from the vets in Ypres, number 20 on the map, received yesterday. Violation of the Belgian Law is news to me.

Dear,

Thank you for contacting us.
Unfortunately we cannot issue Pet passports for non-residents of Belgium, as this is a violation against the law.
However, we can fill in the necessary AHC, administer the deworming treatment and give her the Rabies vaccine.

The cost for the consultation (AHC documents) would be around 39.80 euros.
The deworming tablet will be around 8.50 euros.
The Rabies vaccine comes at 17.50 euros.

If you want to book an appointment, please let us know.

Kind regards,

Valérie Deproost
Dierenartsassistente

Thanks for letting me know. Will remove them from the map

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[Lily Sullivan]

We have just got an EU pet passport for our dog in France (April 24). The vet used the Rabies certificate from our UK vet (dated February 24) and said we needed to carry that with the passport.

I’ve seen some people say that as the vet has recorded in the passport the date he read the microchip (April 24), which is after the date the UK vet issued the rabies shot this could be a problem when we go to France next. Obviously our dog had the microchip implanted as a puppy (he’s now 6) but we don’t have any proof of the date of implantation.

Does anyone know if this is right?

Thanks in advance.

Vet details for map

Dr Lauras Martin Marc

71 avenue André Maginot 37100 Tours.

 

[Conniedriving]

I maybe wrong but I don’t think you can have any uk documents added to or with a EU passport
If a UK vet adds anything in aEU passport it will invalidate it
Your French vet should have given your dog a new rabies jab
As boarder control will say dog doesn’t have rabies jab entered in his : her passport

 

[ceejayt]

We have just got an EU pet passport for our dog in France (April 24). The vet used the Rabies certificate from our UK vet (dated February 24) and said we needed to carry that with the passport.

I’ve seen some people say that as the vet has recorded in the passport the date he read the microchip (April 24), which is after the date the UK vet issued the rabies shot this could be a problem when we go to France next. Obviously our dog had the microchip implanted as a puppy (he’s now 6) but we don’t have any proof of the date of implantation.

Does anyone know if this is right?

Thanks in advance.

Vet details for map

Dr Lauras Martin Marc

71 avenue André Maginot 37100 Tours.

Pretty sure you will have a problem. You need the rabies injection recorded in the passport by the European vet. Having a second shot is not a problem close to the timing of the UK one.

 

[Lily Sullivan]

I maybe wrong but I don’t think you can have any uk documents added to or with a EU passport
If a UK vet adds anything in aEU passport it will invalidate it
Your French vet should have given your dog a new rabies jab
As boarder control will say dog doesn’t have rabies jab entered in his : her passport

Yes you definitely can’t have any UK documents or UK vet entries put into the passport but the French vet seemed to think it was ok just to carry the UK rabies certificate with the passport. But I’m not sure he’s right.

 

[ceejayt]

Yes you definitely can’t have any UK documents or UK vet entries put into the passport but the French vet seemed to think it was ok just to carry the UK rabies certificate with the passport. But I’m not sure he’s right.

Almost sure he is wrong. He should have administered a new shot and entered it into the passport

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[Lily Sullivan]

Pretty sure you will have a problem. You need the rabies injection recorded in the passport by the European vet. Having a second shot is not a problem close to the timing of the UK one.

That’s what I’m worried about. Probably should have got our dog a rabies booster at the same time and got the vet to record that. I don’t want to give him a booster if it might affect his health, guess I’ll have to check with our UK vet.

 

[ceejayt]

That’s what I’m worried about. Probably should have got our dog a rabies booster at the same time and got the vet to record that. I don’t want to give him a booster if it might affect his health, guess I’ll have to check with our UK vet.

Ours had U.K. booster in Novemeber to get AHC and then a new shot in January in Bruges for the vet passport. Vet confirmed it would not be a problem and no adverse effects

 

[Lily Sullivan]

Almost sure he is wrong. He should have administered a new shot and entered it into the passport

If our UK vet says it’s ok I suppose I’ll just get another AHC for our next visit and book him in for a rabies booster when we’re there.

Can you please point me to the map of friendly French vets?

 

[Lily Sullivan]

Ours had U.K. booster in Novemeber to get AHC and then a new shot in January in Bruges for the vet passport. Vet confirmed it would not be a problem and no adverse effects

Thank you.

 

[ceejayt]

If our UK vet says it’s ok I suppose I’ll just get another AHC for our next visit and book him in for a rabies booster when we’re there.

Can you please point me to the map of friendly French vets?

Map link is in my signature

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[rb62]

We have just got an EU pet passport for our dog in France (April 24). The vet used the Rabies certificate from our UK vet (dated February 24) and said we needed to carry that with the passport.

I’ve seen some people say that as the vet has recorded in the passport the date he read the microchip (April 24), which is after the date the UK vet issued the rabies shot this could be a problem when we go to France next. Obviously our dog had the microchip implanted as a puppy (he’s now 6) but we don’t have any proof of the date of implantation.

Does anyone know if this is right?

Thanks in advance.

Vet details for map

Dr Lauras Martin Marc

71 avenue André Maginot 37100 Tours.

It is perfectly acceptable to transfer the rabies vaccination across from an AHC to an EU passport but It's the date of the chip implanting that should have been put in.

As it stands you will probably have to use your AHC to re enter the UK or Google 'Pet chip registration' enter the chip number on the passport and if it has been registered it should give you the information that maybe the vet could correct if your not to far away

Failing that it's another AHC next time but better informed

 

[ceejayt]

It is perfectly acceptable to transfer the rabies vaccination across from an AHC to an EU passport but It's the date of the chip implanting that should have been put in.

As it stands you will probably have to use your AHC to re enter the UK or Google 'Pet chip registration' enter the chip number on the passport and if it has been registered it should give you the information that maybe the vet could correct if your not to far away

Failing that it's another AHC next time but better informed

You will be OK returning from Europe if you show the AHC you came with to prove the vaccine but you will NOT be above to use the away passport to come back next time I believe is the position

 

[15edward]

That’s hard luck!! You find a French vet to do avpassport - they’re like he’s teeth these days!- and they mess it up!

 

[Minxy]

Yes you definitely can’t have any UK documents or UK vet entries put into the passport but the French vet seemed to think it was ok just to carry the UK rabies certificate with the passport. But I’m not sure he’s right.

The French vet is wrong. The AHC is only usable for 4 months from date of issue and can only be used for one return trip. I had this out with a vet in Spain who said to just keep the AHC to prove rabies vac status consequently I didn't use her for our Bella's PP but got it somewhere else along with a new 3 year rabies jab so no issue with the chip date and the rabies jab date.

If you've already come back to the UK then you'll have no choice but to get another AHC - assuming the rabies jab is still in date then you won't need to do that again to travel to abroad but should certainly get a new one before you come back to the UK.

 

[da1es]

The vets in Ypres, De Gouden Poort can no longer issue passports any more, it looks like Belgium is clamping down

"Hello
We can do the worming and rabies booster but we can not give an EU passport.

Met Vriendelijke Groeten

Dierenartsenpraktijk De Gouden Poort"

Bit of a bummer, was planning on going there in a few weeks

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[ceejayt]

The vets in Ypres, De Gouden Poort can no longer issue passports any more, it looks like Belgium is clamping down

"Hello
We can do the worming and rabies booster but we can not give an EU passport.

Met Vriendelijke Groeten

Dierenartsenpraktijk De Gouden Poort"

Bit of a bummer, was planning on going there in a few weeks

Try the one in Maisières we have used twice - she likes to be paid cash (might be a clue as to why she does it).

 

[da1es]

Try the one in Maisières we have used twice - she likes to be paid cash (might be a clue as to why she does it).

Many thanks
Looks like i have duplicated the info from Ypres feom a previous post, could have sworn i read Bruge earlier

 

[15edward]

My daughter was half way through getting a pet passport using a friends address in France when the vet said I can’t go through with this!!
Result she has a French pet passport which doesn’t have rabies jab documented
She’s off to France in a few weeks, understands she needs an AHC to get there
Will a French vet give her dog a rabies jab, record it and make the passport viable do you think?

 

[ceejayt]

My daughter was half way through getting a pet passport using a friends address in France when the vet said I can’t go through with this!!
Result she has a …

What is wrong with these vets? They seem to be making such a big deal about nothing.

 

[Dart]

What is wrong with these vets? They seem to be making such a big deal about nothing.

I suppose if the vets in a particular country have had official instructions not to do something most would fear getting into trouble with their regulatory body. The trouble nowadays is people can't be trusted not to blab on social media when a professional has "helped them out". If I was a vet I just wouldn't want to risk my licence.

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[Boaty]

I suppose if the vets in a particular country have had official instructions not to do something most would fear getting into trouble with their regulatory body. The trouble nowadays is people can't be trusted not to blab on social media when a professional has "helped them out". If I was a vet I just wouldn't want to risk my licence.

Thank-you and well said.

 

[ceejayt]

Thank-you and well said.

I just wonder where, if anywhere, there is a legal requirement in the EU as opposed to just being difficult.

The point here is whether or not the animal is correctly vaccinated and fit to travel. There is no sensible reason to stop people getting an eu pet passport unless I am missing something.

In the meantime, many vets in the uk are making hay while the sun shines charging up to £250 per AHC

 

[maz]

My daughter was half way through getting a pet passport using a friends address in France when the vet said I can’t go through with this!!
Result she has a French pet passport which doesn’t have rabies jab documented
She’s off to France in a few weeks, understands she needs an AHC to get there
Will a French vet give her dog a rabies jab, record it and make the passport viable do you think?

There shouldn't be a problem getting a rabies vaccination entered into the Pet Passport but, as your daughter has discovered, French vets can be a law unto themselves so she will have to ask around to be sure.

 

[maz]

I suppose if the vets in a particular country have had official instructions not to do something most would fear getting into trouble with their regulatory body. The trouble nowadays is people can't be trusted not to blab on social media when a professional has "helped them out". If I was a vet I just wouldn't want to risk my licence.

But no-one has ever managed to uncover these French 'official instructions'. There is nothing in EU law forbidding the issue of Pet Passports to non-residents. In fact Article 27 of EU Reg 576/2013 provides the derogation for them to be used in place of AHCs.

 

[Dart]

Yes, I don't think it is an EU rule at the moment, just something issued to vets within certain countries for reasons of their own. There's such an obvious difference between the response of vets in France compared to other countries that it has to be the case. They are happy enough to certify the worming and administer vaccinations on request so it can't just be them being awkward and taking against Brits.

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